Cast: James A. Marcus

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James A. Marcus. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Sadie Thompson

1928 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Gloria Swanson · Lionel Barrymore · Raoul Walsh · Blanche Friderici

Plot Sadie Thompson arrives in Pago-Pago to start a new life, but when extremist missionary Davidson lashes out against her lifestyle and tries to force her back to San Francisco, she...

6.8

162 votes

6.8

162 votes

Regeneration

1915 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Anna Q. Nilsson · Rockcliffe Fellowes · John McCann · James A. Marcus

Plot At 10 years old, Owens becomes a ragged orphan when his sainted mother dies. The Conways, who are next door neighbors, take Owen in, but the constant drinking by Jim...

6.7

117 votes

6.7

117 votes

Oliver Twist

1922 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Jackie Coogan · James A. Marcus · Aggie Herring · Nelson McDowell

Plot Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is...

6.7

312 votes

6.7

312 votes

The Eagle

1925 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast Rudolph Valentino · Vilma Bánky · Louise Dresser · Albert Conti

Plot Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest,...

6.4

154 votes

6.4

154 votes

Billy the Kid

1930 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Wallace Beery · Kay Johnson · Karl Dane

Plot In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend,...

6.4

40 votes

6.4

40 votes

Liliom

1930 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Charles Farrell · Rose Hobart · Estelle Taylor · H.B. Warner

Plot Charles Farrell in his greatest role.

6.3

66 votes

6.3

66 votes

Hell's House

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Howard Higgin

Cast Bette Davis · Pat O'Brien · Junior Durkin · Frank Coghlan Jr.

Plot Jimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a heart condition, and escapes to...

6.0

31 votes

6.0

31 votes

Lightnin'

1925 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

6.0

28 votes

6.0

28 votes

Duck Soup (S)

1927 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction Fred Guiol

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · James A. Marcus · William Austin

Plot Pursued by forest rangers who want to press them into fire-fighting duty, Stanley and Oliver hide in the home of a big-game hunter who has just left town. When they...

5.8

38 votes

5.8

38 votes

In Old Arizona

1928 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Irving Cummings · Raoul Walsh

Cast Warner Baxter · Edmund Lowe · Dorothy Burgess · Tom Smith

Plot Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot...

5.5

58 votes

5.5

58 votes

The Trail Beyond

1934 · Movie · 55 min. · United States

Direction Robert N. Bradbury

Cast John Wayne · Verna Hillie · Noah Beery · Robert Frazer

Plot Rod Drew has been sent to find a missing miner and his daughter. He is joined by old friend Wabi whom he has to rescue from card cheats that framed...

4.8

102 votes

4.8

102 votes

The Serpent

1916 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Theda Bara · James A. Marcus · Lillian Hathaway · Charles Craig

Plot Peasant girl Vania is assaulted by a duke who murders her lover and sends her away to London. There she becomes a famous actress. The Duke, seeing her perform but...

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The Texan

1930 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Gary Cooper · Fay Wray · Emma Dunn · Oscar Apfel

Plot A TERROR to men! A TORMENT to women! A THRILL for all!

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Captain Salvation

1927 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction John S. Robertson

Cast Lars Hanson · Marceline Day · Pauline Starke · George Fawcett

Plot A returning seminary student goes up against a small New England town when he comes to the aid of a prostitute who has been injured, despite the townspeople's calls for...

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Dick Turpin

1925 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction John G. Blystone

Cast Tom Mix · Alan Hale · Kathleen Myers · Philo McCullough

Plot About a vicious highway man in the 1700's.

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Captain of the Guard

1930 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction John S. Robertson

Cast Laura La Plante · John Boles · Sam De Grasse · James A. Marcus

Plot A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.

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Rose of the Rancho

1936 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Marion Gering

Cast John Boles · Gladys Swarthout · Charles Bickford · Grace Bradley

Plot It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of California were the descendants...

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The Meddlin' Stranger

1927 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Hal Taliaferro · Nola Luxford · Charles K. French · Mabel Van Buren

Plot Wally Fraser comes to Juniper City to take revenge on the murderer of his father, whom he believes to be Dawson, a local banker. After rescuing the daughter of rancher...

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The Lonely Trail

1936 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast John Wayne · Ann Rutherford · Cy Kendall · Bob Kortman

Plot Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of...

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Beau Brummel

1924 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction Harry Beaumont

Cast John Barrymore · Mary Astor · Willard Louis · Carmel Myers

Plot George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord...

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